Sajhamanch Archive

TAPLEJUNG : At least 40 houses were gutted in a massive fire which broke out at Dobhan Bazaar in Taplejung district on Tuesday morning. The fire which broke out at 9AM has not come under control yet, according to locals. According to a local resident Dipesh Karki, the fire has claimed at least 40 houses […]

KATHMANDU: Former Prime Minister and Chairman of the Federal Council of Janata Samajwadi Party Baburam Bhattarai is returning home from New Delhi via Nepal Airlines flight today. Dr Bhattarai is returning home after doctors concluded that he did not have cancer in the neuro-endocrine tumor. Although the doctors have concluded that there was no cancer […]

KATHMANDU : China has announced to provide an additional 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal under grant assistance. The northern neighbor had earlier announced to provide 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines under grant assitance to support Nepal in its fight against the pandemic. Ambassador of China to Nepal Hou Yanqi on Monday announced that […]

KATHMANDU : The World Bank (WB) is providing a fast-track assistance of Rs 2.92 billion (US $ 25 million) to Nepal to purchase coronavirus vaccine and to carry out related works. According to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the multilateral donor agency has decided to provide funds support to Nepal. The MoF officials said the […]

KATHMANDU: The Dahal-Nepal faction of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has decided to hold a Standing Committee (SC) and Central Working Committee (CWC) meetings. The party secretariat meeting held in Singha Durbar decided to hold its Standing Committee (SC) and Central Working Committee (CWC) meetings to discuss the recent political development in the country. According to […]

KATHMANDU: The government has decided to recommend President Bidya Devi Bhandari to summon a House session on March 7. A cabinet meeting held on Monday morning decided to recommend President Bhandari to call the House session on March 7 at 4 PM. Earlier on February 23, the Supreme Court (SC) had decided to reinstate the […]

MYANMAR : Myanmar police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday and at least 18 people were killed in the worst violence since a Feb. 1 military coup, the United Nations said, calling on the international community to act to stop the repression. Crowds of demonstrators came under fire in various parts of the […]

RASUWA : The Rasuwagadhi-Kerung checkpoint in Rasuwa district, one of the major trade points with China, will be reopened in a full-fledged way from Monday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).  The checkpoint remains closed since the Chinese Spring Festival and subsequent Lhosar festival in Nepal, Spokesperson for MoFA, Sewa Lamsal told the […]

KATHMANDU : One of the two chairmen of the rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal has submitted a written response at the Supreme Court (SC) over a case of contempt of court filed against him. Dahal himself presented the response letter to the SC on Sunday. Earlier, advocate Sameer […]

KATHMANDU : The Chief Commissioner of Commission for Investigation for Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Prem Rai, has said that the anti-graft body won’t take action against anyone on prejudice and vengeance. Addressing an event organized at the headquarters of the Commission on Saturday, Rai committed to taking action based on facts and evidence. “CIAA won’t […]